Sad-iron shoe.



H'. I. BLATTLE.

SAD IEON SHOE.

APPLIOATION PILED SEPT. 27, 1911.

1,023,802. Patented Apr. 23, 1912.

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nnrrn STATES ATNT ten I-IERMAN I. BLATTLE, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND,ASSIGNOR OF TWO-TI-IIRDS TO PAUL NEWMAN, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

SAD-IRON SI-IOE.

Application filed September 27, 1911.

.Providence and State ofRhode Island, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Sad-Iron Shoes, of which the following aspecification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to detachable shoes for sad irons and has for itsObject to provide a shoe of this class that may be quickly and easilyattached to and detached from the. body of the iron.

A further Object of my invention is to provide a spring arm on the shoehaving one free end that may be readily operated to cause the arm toengage and retain irons of ditferent sizes or shapes. And a stillfurther Object of the invention is to provide simple and effective meanswhereby t-he retaining arm may be removed from the iron and held in aninoperative position when it is desired to release and replace a coldiron with a hot one, and be easily released from its inoperativeposition, to automatically engage the fresh iron to hold it in positionin the shoe.

Figure 1- is a side elevation illustrating my deviee as applied to acommon sad iron. Fig. 2- is a top plan view of the device showing theretaining arm engaging the end of a sad iron. Fig. 3- is a rear view ofmy device applied to a sad iron.

Referring to the drawing 10 designates my improved sad iron shoe thesame comprising a thin piece of flat sheet metal pointed at one end 11hereinafter called the toe and substantially square at the opposite end12 hereinafter called the heel. A peripheral v fiange 13 is formed allaround the edge of the shoe, one side of said flange being provided witha longitudinal slo-t 14: the rear end of which slot is provided with anupwardly turned notch or recess 15. The front or toe of the shoe ispreferably made slightly inclined to correspond with and better engagethe end of the sad iron 16.

In order that this shoe may be readily attaohed to and detached from asad iron I have provided a spring arm 17 provided with a coil 18 andhaving one end extending downwardly and inwardly as at 19 and passingthrough the flange of the shoe from the outside inwardly and thenCrossing over as at 20 and projecting out through the rear Specificationof Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 23, 1912.

Serial No. 651,572.

flange as at 21 whereby said end is firmly retained in position in theshoe. The coil 18 is held at one side or edge of the shoe and the mainarm 22 of the wire leading from the coil is then bent slightly forwardforming a pro-tuberance as at then bent slightly aclrward and carriedacross being bent outward as at 2-1 forming a recess or notchpractically at the middle portion of the .shoe for engaging the end of apointed iron in the manner illustrated in Fig. 2. The wire then extendsfarther across and is provide-d with another forwardly extendingprotuberance 25, it is then turned downward as at 26 (see Fig. 3) andoutward as at 27 through the slot- 1 1, the end is then turned upward'and provided with an operating handle 28 by which this spring arm may beactuated. The normal tension of this arm due to the action of the coil18 is to carry the free end forward and also upward so that when thisarm is engaged by the hand of the operator and moved backward or towardthe heel of the shoe, it will automatically rise and engage the recess15 thereby looking itself in its inoperative position.

In practice when it is desired to remove an iron from the shoe it isonly necessary to engage the handle 28 and swing the free end of thespring arm 17 backward, .where it will automatically engage the notch 15and be held in its inoperative position. The iron now being disengagedmay be freely r moved and a fresh one inserted to take its place, it isonly necessary for the operator to now place his finger lightly upon thehandle 28 thereby carrying downward this end of the arm causing it topass out of the notch 15 thus releasing it to spring forward andautomatically engage the rear end of the iron pressing it forward sothat. its front end engages the toe of the shoe and it is firmlyretained in position therein.

The two protuberances 23 and 25 are for the purpose o-f engaging an ironhaving a square heel while the recess 2 1 in the spring arm is for thepurpose of engaging and better retaining an iron that is pointed at itsrear as well as at its forward end such as that illustrated in thedrawing.

I claim- 1. A sad iron shoe comprising a plate adapted to cover thebottom of a sad iron and means for detachably securing said shoe to asad iron, said means comprising an arm having a forward spring tensionand having one end held near the rear and on one side of the shoe andthe opposite end free to be moved manually longitudinally baekwardwhereby the shoe is permitted toreceive the iron and said arm being thenadapted to contact directly against the rear end of the said iron tohold the same by a forward spring pressure whereby irons of differentsizes and shapes may be held in a single shoe, and means for retainingthe free end of said arm to withhold the same from engagement with theiron in the shoe.

2. A sad iron shoe comprising a plate adapted to cover the bottom of asad iron and means for detachably securing said shoe to a sad ironsaidmeans comprising an arm having one end held by a spring coil near therear and on one side of the shoe said spring having a forward tensionthe opposite end of said arm being free to be moved laterally, said shoehaving a flange provided with a longitudinal slot through it, said armextending laterally across the shoe its free end projecting through saidslot and provided with a handle by which said free end may be swung backagainst its tension whereby the shoe may receive and the arm bepermitted to directly engage the rear end of a sad-iron to hold the sameby a forward pressure.

3. A sad iron shoe conprising a plate adapted to cover the bottom of asad iron and means for detachably securing said shoe to a sad iron, saidmeans comprising an arm having a spring coil held near the rear and onone side of the shoe and having a forward tension said shoe having afiange provided with a longitudinal slot therethrough and said slotbeing provided with a recess near its rear end said arm cxtendinglaterally across the shoe its free opposite end projecting through saidslot and having a handle by which it may be swung back against itstension whereby it may receive and be permitted to engage the rear endof and retain sad-irons of different Sizes and shapes with a forwardpressure, said 'recess in said slot being adapted to receive the freeend of said spring arm and retain the same in an inoperative position.

In testimony whereof I afix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

` HERMAN I. BLATTLE. VVitnesses:

HowARD E. BARLow, E. I. OGDEN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

